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American College of Emergency Physicians - ACEP

Organization URL(s)

membership@acep.org
www.acep.org/

Other Contact Information

1125 Executive Circle
Irving, TX 75038-2522

800-798-1822 (Voice - Toll-free)
972-550-0911 (Voice)
972-580-2816 (FAX)

Description

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), founded in 1968, is a medical specialty organization of 22,743 members, 53 chapters, and 25 sections that focus on critical issues, such as injury prevention, trauma care, pediatric emergency medicine, EMS, toxicology, cruise ship medicine, and disaster medicine. The organization monitors and advocates on emergency medicine issues, conducts continuing medical education, produces public education materials on a wide variety of health and safety topics, recommended clinical standards for emergency medicine and EMS, and funds research fellowships in emergency medicine.

Online Resources

Print Resources

ACEP publishes public education materials (brochures, flyers, articles) on a wide variety of health and safety topics, and fact sheets on key emergency medicine issues. A publications catalog from ACEP's bookstore highlights comprehensive source of emergency medicine and CME publications, including clinical manuals and textbooks on adult pediatric emergencies, the premier publication "EMTALA: Providing Emergency Care Under Federal Law," and a new "First Aid Manual." ACEP also publishes the premier emergency medicine journal "Annals of Emergency Medicine."

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Review Date

Fri May 21, 2004


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